The Crown has withdrawn the last criminal charge facing one of Canada's most decorated veterans of the Afghan war, ending a two-year legal odyssey that former master corporal Collin Fitzgerald claims has left him $200,000 in debt. Each of the charges was dropped by the Crown at various points over the last few months. "I'm sure that whenever I sit down, and am able breathe, it'll probably hit me a little harder. The former soldier said he's innocent and that the Crown at one point early in the process turned a blind eye to information that exonerated him. Fitzgerald was never charged with arson, but only breaking his bail conditions, which required him to remain at his parents' home.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2016 21:15 UTC